September 2020
Hello Bristol Public Engagement Network and welcome to the September edition of Connect. As we start the new academic year in strange and challenging circumstances, we wanted to share some of the best opportunities for and resources on engaging outside the University. Get in touch to talk to us, visit our website for more information and follow us on Twitter for the very latest news!
COVID-19 update
In accordance with government guidelines, the Public Engagement team are still working from home but we are open for business and are continuing to support our individual academic colleagues and Faculties. We will keep you updated on any developments.
We want to support engagement with research in new, creative ways during this period of working differently – do get in touch to discuss with us.
Updates on the university-wide response to Covid-19 can be found on the University website.
Please note, the opportunities and dates listed below are correct at the time of the publication of this newsletter but in the current climate we recommend checking the linked webpages for any updates.
Take care,
The Public Engagement team
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Take this free, short course on public engagement with research from the Institute of Classical Studies (School of Advanced Study, University of London), written by Dr Emma Bridges. It has lots of useful material on engaging the public with classics, history and beyond! Access the course here.
Be part of in Communicate, an annual environmental conference bringing together a diverse group of delegates each year to develop their skills, share best practice and debate latest issues in science communication, nature conservation and engaging people with the natural world. Sign up here!
Attend Pioneering Partnerships, a series of webinars aiming to inspire and empower the medical research community to confidently deliver patient and public involvement and engagement activities. Details here.
Participate in BIG’s regular Sci Comm Socials, a social gathering of people who work in, or are interested in, science communication, outreach or public engagement in STEM. A chance to share news, ideas, upcoming events and thoughts on STEM communication.
Be part of the Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference, 21-23 June 2021. The themes are Inequality, Power and Sustainability and the deadline for submissions is 30 November.
Explore the activities and talks available on Glasgow Science Festival’s Science on the Sofa digital platform, until 9 November. The festival highlights the contribution Glasgow based researchers make to the worlds of science, technology, engineering, art, maths and social science (STEAM).
Join this webinar on ‘Co-Creation in Practice: How Science, Cities and Housing Associations Tackle the Sustainable Heat Transition Together with Citizens and Energy Communities (SHIFFT Project)’. Interactive, facilitated learning sessions will draw on European sustainable heating case studies where co-creation is currently being applied. Sign up here.
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Get involved in the University’s biggest public engagement event of the year. You can still register to take part in FUTURES to celebrate European Researchers’ Night on 27-28 November. Check out our website and email the FUTURES team asap to take part.
Do you know an artist or creative who would like to work with The Bristol Doctoral College and the University’s Brigstow Institute? They would collaborate to produce a short film, animation or other digital artwork to celebrate 100 years of postgraduate research at the University, and the diversity of its past and current PGR community. Find out more.
Be part of Bristol’s Cabot Institute’s Communicators Group. If you are a PhD or postdoc, have a passion for communicating environmental research and would like the opportunity to develop your communication skills, whether that be blogging, social media, drafting press releases, getting your message right and more, apply for this opportunity.
Would you like to be a New Generation Thinker? This prestigious scheme offers early career researchers the opportunity to develop programmes for the BBC. If selected, you’ll workshop ideas with BBC producers, get media and public engagement training, and a platform for informing and influencing public opinion, policy and practice. Closing date 1 October. Apply here.
NERC-funded researchers can apply for a Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellowship. These are intended to enable the sharing and flow of knowledge and expertise between NERC funded researchers and their stakeholders, partners and/or user communities with the aim of generating impact from NERC funded research. Closing date 2 December.
A reminder that you can also help record responses to Covid-19. The university are documenting how colleagues are responding to the pandemic, through research, engagement and partnership working. Please email community@bristol.ac.uk to record the great work you’re doing to help deal with the virus. Read more about the university’s research-related response.
Funding calls with deadlines soon!
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Iftiin is a research project in the School of Education which seeks to better understand the educational experiences and aspirations of youth in Bristol’s Somali community. It is funded by the University’s Temple Quarter Engagement fund. Led by Ugbaad Aidid and supported by Professor Robin Shields, the project uses a participatory approach that places Somali students at the centre of the project. This approach involves youth in both the generation and analysis of data, ensuring their voice in project findings. The project experienced considerable challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the team has been able to adapt the project plan and move many activities online. Highlights of the project to date include an online meeting with Bristol’s Mayor Marvin Rees and Ugbaad’s participation in a discussion through Wada Xaajood, an organization that promotes discussion on critical social and economic issues facing Somalis around the world. The project recently featured in the popular East Bristol community magazine Up Our Street. Read more in this blog post and follow the project Twitter.
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‘HARD TO REseArCH: Black Inclusion in Research’ on UCL’s Public Engagement blog. This piece explores how to make research more accessible to different Black communities. Written by Cherelle Augustine, Fola Afolabi, and Dr Melvina Woode Owusu, with contributions from Dr Mable Nakubulwa.
‘Responding to the pandemic: a social justice perspective’. How can science engagement organisations best serve societies during and beyond the current pandemic? In Spokes, the monthly digital magazine of the European network of science centres and museums. Written by Emily Dawson and Barbara Streicher.
Also find out about the two special awards for public engagement projects which share research in Classics (broadly defined) with wider publics, from Institute of Classical Studies (School of Advanced Study, University of London).
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